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1973 Pacific Southwest Open – Singles

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Singles
1973 Pacific Southwest Open
Final
ChampionUnited States Jimmy Connors
Runner-upNetherlands Tom Okker
Score7–5, 7–6(11–9)
Details
Draw64
Seeds2
Events
Singles Doubles
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The 1973 Pacific Southwest Open – Men's singles was an event of the 1973 Pacific Southwest Open tennis tournament and was played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California, in the United States, between September 17 and September 23, 1973. The draw comprised 64 players of which 16 were seeded. Eight players qualified via a 64-man qualifying and a 203-man pre-qualifying event. Stan Smith was the defending Pacific Southwest Open champion but was defeated in the quarterfinals. Unseeded Jimmy Connors won the title by defeating unseeded Tom Okker in the final, 7–5, 7–6(11–9).[1][2][3]

Seeds

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01.  United States Stan Smith (quarterfinals)
02.  Romania Ilie Năstase (semifinals)

Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.

Draw

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Key

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Finals

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
               
1 United States Stan Smith 6 4 6
United States Jimmy Connors 3 6 7
United States Jimmy Connors 6 6
Mexico Raúl Ramírez 4 2
Mexico Raúl Ramírez 7 6
United States Charlie Pasarell 6 2
United States Jimmy Connors 7 7
Netherlands Tom Okker 5 6
Netherlands Tom Okker 6 6
Australia Ken Rosewall 2 3
Netherlands Tom Okker 2 7 6
2 Romania Ilie Năstase 6 5 2
South Africa Raymond Moore 3 4
2 Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6

Top half

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Section 1

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
1 United States Stan Smith 6 6
United States Mike Machette 4 4 1 United States Stan Smith 5 6 6
United States Roy Barth 7 4 6 United States Dick R. Bohrnstedt 7 2 3
United States Dick R. Bohrnstedt 6 6 7 1 United States Stan Smith 6 6
United States Paul Gerken 6 4 6 United States Paul Gerken 3 3
United States Tom Leonard 4 6 4 United States Paul Gerken 7 6 7
France Patrick Proisy 3 1 Chile Jaime Fillol 5 7 6
Chile Jaime Fillol 6 6 1 United States Stan Smith 6 4 6
United States Jimmy Connors 6 7 United States Jimmy Connors 3 6 7
United States Jim McManus 2 6 United States Jimmy Connors 7 6
United States Pancho Gonzales 6 6 United States Pancho Gonzales 6 3
United States Tom Edlefsen 4 2 United States Jimmy Connors 6 6
Sweden Björn Borg 6 6 4 Australia Paul Kronk 1 2
Australia Paul Kronk 7 4 6 Australia Paul Kronk 3 7 6
United States Erik van Dillen 6 6 United States Erik van Dillen 6 6 4
United States Robert McKinley 3 2

Section 2

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
United States Arthur Ashe 6 6
Sweden Birger Andersson 1 2 United States Arthur Ashe 7 6
Australia Bob Carmichael 3 3 Sweden Tenny Svensson 5 3
Sweden Tenny Svensson 6 6 United States Arthur Ashe 4 6 3
United States Roscoe Tanner 7 7 Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6 4 6
United States Jeff Austin 6 6 United States Roscoe Tanner 3 6
Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6 6 Mexico Raúl Ramírez 6 7
United States Fred McNair 1 2 Mexico Raúl Ramírez 7 6
United States Marty Riessen 6 7 United States Charlie Pasarell 6 2
United States Dennis Ralston 2 5 United States Marty Riessen 4 7 6
Australia Phil Dent 6 6 Australia Phil Dent 6 6 2
Australia Kim Warwick 2 2 United States Marty Riessen 6 6
Argentina Lito Álvarez 4 6 United States Charlie Pasarell 7 7
United States Robert Kreiss 6 7 United States Robert Kreiss 6 2
United States Charlie Pasarell 6 6 6 United States Charlie Pasarell 7 6
United Kingdom John Lloyd 2 7 2

Bottom half

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Section 3

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
United States Alex Olmedo 1 3
Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec 6 6 Czechoslovakia Jiří Hřebec 4 0
United States John Andrews 6 3 3 Australia Roy Emerson 6 6
Australia Roy Emerson 3 6 6 Australia Roy Emerson 4 3
Sweden Kjell Johansson 2 2 Netherlands Tom Okker 6 6
New Zealand Onny Parun 6 6 New Zealand Onny Parun 6 3
United States Steve Tidball 2 3 Netherlands Tom Okker 7 6
Netherlands Tom Okker 6 6 Netherlands Tom Okker 6 6
Czechoslovakia Vladimír Zedník 3 6 Australia Ken Rosewall 2 3
South Africa Frew McMillan 6 7 South Africa Frew McMillan 3 4
United States Jeff Borowiak 6 6 United States Jeff Borowiak 6 6
United States Brian Gottfried 3 3 United States Jeff Borowiak 6 2
United States Brian Teacher 4 4 Australia Ken Rosewall 7 6
United States Sandy Mayer 6 6 United States Sandy Mayer 5 1
France Jean-Baptiste Chanfreau 3 4 Australia Ken Rosewall 7 6
Australia Ken Rosewall 6 6

Section 4

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First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinals
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore 6 7
Sweden Ove Bengtson 2 6 Australia Barry Phillips-Moore 4 3
New Zealand Jeff Simpson 5 2 United States Cliff Richey 6 6
United States Cliff Richey 7 6 United States Cliff Richey 6 6 3
Pakistan Haroon Rahim 7 3 4 South Africa Raymond Moore 2 7 6
South Africa Raymond Moore 6 6 6 South Africa Raymond Moore 6 3 6
South Africa Pat Cramer 7 6 South Africa Pat Cramer 3 6 4
Czechoslovakia Jan Kodeš 6 3 South Africa Raymond Moore 3 4
Australia John Bartlett 6 4 2 Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6
United States Mike Estep 7 6 United States Mike Estep 5 4
United States Billy Martin 0 3 Australia John Alexander 7 6
Australia John Alexander 6 6 Australia John Alexander 3 2
Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček 7 6 2 Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6
France Georges Goven 6 2 Czechoslovakia Milan Holeček 3 6 2
Argentina Tito Vázquez 3 4 2 Romania Ilie Năstase 6 2 6
2 Romania Ilie Năstase 6 6

References

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  1. ^ "1973 Los Angeles – Singles draw". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
  2. ^ John Barrett, ed. (1974). World of Tennis '74. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 31,93–95. ISBN 9780362001686.
  3. ^ "Age mellows Connors". Ellensburg Daily Record. September 24, 1973.
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